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Hazleton Area School District approves broad consent agenda while K–12 guidance plan item fails
Summary
The Hazleton Area School District board approved multiple consent-agenda items covering finance, facilities, special education and technology but did not approve Item 11, the Chapter 339 K–12 guidance plan, after a failed motion to table and subsequent votes left the policy item without approval.
The Hazleton Area School District Board of Education approved a large package of routine agenda items — covering finance, facilities, special education, transportation and technology — but a curriculum item labeled Item 11, the Chapter 339 K–12 guidance plan, failed to pass after board debate.
Doctor Childs, a board member, moved to table Item 11 so the board could review how the district’s guidance plan addresses middle‑school and vocational components. "We need to be knowing what we're voting for or what we're voting against," Doctor Childs said, pressing for more detail on what the plan requires for middle‑school students.
The motion to table was…
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